Man Charged With Robbing West Suburban 7-Eleven
William D. Kendrick, of the 300 block of Klein Creek Court in Carol Stream, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated robbery, according to a statement from the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.
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William D. Kendrick, of the 300 block of Klein Creek Court in Carol Stream, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated robbery, according to a statement from the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.
Lake County sheriff's deputies were called about an armed robbery about 3:15 p.m. in the 11200 block of West Edgewood Road in Beach Park, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The victim, a 19-year-old man, told them his pants and phone were stolen while he was held at gunpoint by two teenage boys.
The 28-year-old victim was walking in the 10100 block of South Indiana Avenue at 6:20 a.m. when a dark car pulled up with two males inside, according to Chicago Police. The driver was armed with a gun.
A Catholic school in the Lincoln Square neighborhood was placed on lockdown Friday after a school parent was robbed at gunpoint nearby.
The elderly man said he had just cashed the $5,000 check at Grand Victoria Casino, 250 S. Grove Ave., and was playing the slots when 34-year-old Sean Sheppard walked up to him and struck up a conversation, according to Elgin police.
The driver, a 54-year-old man, was delivering food from a Chicago restaurant to a home in the 1700 block of Darrow Avenue in Evanston about 6 p.m., according to a statement from Evanston police.
Around 1 a.m., the 28-year-old Summit man was lured to the Aurora home of Adriana J. Chavez, 25, after she promised him sexual favors.
Employees at a combination KFC and Taco Bell at Irving Park and California told police an armed man confronted them around 8:30 a.m. The workers fled, and the suspect left with no money, police said.
The person walked into the Byline Bank branch at 6859 W. Archer Ave. about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and made off with an unspecified amount of cash.
Allan Blackmon and Kahlil Diggs, both 17, and 18-year-old De'Monte' Coleman were charged with roberry resulting in bodily injury, armed robbery, two counts of criminal confinement, felony intimidation, battery by means of a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery, according to Gary police.
While Chicago's murder totals have seen small declines, robberies and aggravated assaults have gone down at a faster rate than the nation as a whole.
Deon Gillespie, 34, of the 400 block of East Oakwood Boulevard, faces two counts of robbery armed with a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, all felonies, according to Chicago Police.
Two tourists who were robbed at Oak Street Beach over the weekend were speaking out about their experience, after fighting back and helping police catch one of the muggers.
Chicago police are looking for two men in connection with a stabbing and robbery near Oak Street Beach Saturday night, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
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Bond was set at $100,000 for each of two men charged with robbing a woman Monday night in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.
Chicago police identified Casser Williams, 48, as the suspect who harmed a 24-year-old woman who was standing on a Blue Line's Clark/Lake subway platform early Friday.
A woman suffered a deep gash to her face, when she was attacked and robbed on a subway platform in the Loop.
Makiah M. Burns, 18, of Hazel Crest, whose Facebook page says she's studying pre-med and graduated from south suburban Seton Academy High School, was ordered held on $250,000 bail Saturday in Cook County Criminal Court.
Darryl D. Walton, 18, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with the string of strong-arm robberies, according to Chicago Police.
Akeem Clarke, 24; and Martel Odum, 25, pleaded guilty to robbery and unlawful vehicular invasion on Monday, according to Cook County court records.
Yellow police tape blocked the Shell gas station at the intersection of Route 64 and Route 83 in Elmhurst, after police were called for a well-being check at 5 a.m. There was no sign of the clerk who was supposed to be working there at the time, but there was reason to believe a robbery had taken place at the gas station.
Police say the man entered the Dunkin Donutes store at 1109 Maple Ave. on Thursday night and demanded cash from the clerk, who complied.
About 6:45 p.m., he walked into the store at 1109 Maple Ave., placed his hand behind his back and demanded cash from the employee at the register, according to Lisle police.
